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I’m only halfway home, I’ve gotta journey onTo where I’ll find, find the things I have lostI’ve come a long long road but still I’ve got some miles to goI’ve got a wide, a wide river to cross
(Levon Helm)

I’ll be heading back into the KUST studio again this afternoon for another episode (chapter? edition?) of Great River Radio. After starting the show with Diana Krall’s great version of Levon’s song, which is iconic at GRR, we’ll get to new music from Ingrid Michaelson (I’ve really been digging her new album Lights Out), and Danish singer/songwriter Majke Voss Romme (who performs as Broken Twin) with her romantic and melancholy “Sun Has Gone.” We’ll also have something from Carlene Carter’s tribute to her family “Carter Girl” on which she covers her favorite Carter family songs, and a few other tributes, as a matter of fact. If you love Jackson Browne’s songs, you’ll want to hear Jimmy LaFave cover “For Everyman” from the new tribute album to JB. And finally, we have another track from the tribute to the Dylan of the 80’s by Chastity Brown, doing a soulful gospelly take on “Saving Grace.” That and new songs from Joan Osborne, Bon Iver bandmate S. Carey, Ray Bonneville and The Hold Steady. Just a reminder, GRR is winding down. I’m giving a lot of thought to a final show in the coming weeks, and will try to make it very special. If there is anything you’d like to hear, or share with me from your memories of listening to this show, I welcome your comments. For now, I hope you can listen this afternoon as you take care of business, or check it out later on the blog.
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Playlist
Wide River to Cross-Diana Krall
Home-Ingrid Michaelson
Heart & Bones-The Pines
Sun Has Gone-Broken Twin
Little Black Train-Carlene Carter
For Everyman-Jimmy LaFave
Who Do Call the Shots-Ray Bonneville
Steel Guitar-Danny O’Keefe
Saving Grace-Chastity Brown
Alpenglow-S. Carey
Few Feet Away-Otis Taylor
Hand It Over-Keb’ Mo’
Farther Along-Mississippi John Hurt
Sleepy Sea of Indigo and Blue-Antje Duvekot
Work on Me-Joan Osborne
Weary Eyes-Augustines
Spinners-The Hold Steady

Within the circles of our liveswe dance the circles of the years,the circles of the seasonswithin the circles of the years,the cycles of the moonwithin the circles of the seasons,the circles of our reasonswithin the cycles of the moon.

Again, again we come and go,changed, changing. Handsjoin, unjoin in love and fear,grief and joy. The circles turn,each giving into each, into all.Only music keeps us here,

each by all the others held.In the hold of hands and eyeswe turn in pairs, that joiningjoining each to all again.

And then we turn aside, alone,out of the sunlight gone

into the darker circles of return.
Wendell Berry

Today, Great River Radio will offer a pre-Thanksgiving cornucopia of music, songs that will “keep us here, each by all the others held.” I know this is a busy day for many, as we prepare for family get-togethers tomorrow, family reunions, repeating traditions that have gone on for years, all the cycles of our lives playing out again. Bobby Womack will kick off the show with today’s river song and then we’ll hear from Bat For Lashes, The Civil Wars, Sweden’s El Perro Del Mar and The Raveonettes. We’ve got new local music from Haley Bonar and Ben Kyle, as well as from Joshua James and Los Angeles band Lavender Diamond. We’ll wind up GRR with some music about giving thanks.

Tune in this afternoon, or later on the blog. Maybe as you are doing your cyber shopping this weekend – that might be a good time to listen!

Word has reached us tonight that the great Levon Helm is in the last stages of death. Levon played drums and sang with The Band in the heyday of 60’s and 70’s rock and roll, doing the smartest and most sophisticated music of almost anyone (not to mention serving as the godfathers of Americana.) Backing up Bob Dylan, they were simply “the band” and they were driven by Levon’s drumming and his soulful vocals. Yes, Levon and Robbie Robertson might have experienced some tensions. But history was made by those guys and it would not have been the same without Levon. Mr. Helm learned of his throat cancer a decade ago but continued to make music by himself and with his huge crowd of friends and fans. We’ll honor Levon this afternoon, pay him our sincerest respects and wish him Godspeed.

We’ve also got a special set devoted to a bright member of the next generation of musicians – Jack White, who has a new record coming out in the next few weeks. It is a good time to take a look at Jack’s work over the last 20 years – as a member of the White Stripes, the Raconteurs, his solo work, his movie work and his brilliant productions of the previous generation, including Loretta Lynn and Wanda Jackson.

We’ll also have music from Ingrid Michaelson, Now,Now, Trampled by Turtles, Ray Wylie Hubbard and we’re going to close with my favorite song from Bonnie Raitt’s new Slipstream – the Joe Henry penned “God Only Knows.”

This and more this afternoon from Great River Radio.

Please join us from 4:15-5:45 p.m. for Great River Radio or later on the blog. I think you’ll like it.

Playlist
South of the River-Ray Wylie Hubbard
Midnight On The Interstate-Trampled by Turtles
All The Rowboats-Regina Spektor
Ghost-Ingrid Michaelson
Thread-Now, Now
Seven Nation Army-The White Stripes
Icky Thump-The White Stripes
Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn-The White Stripes
Steady As She Goes-The Raconteurs
Sittin’ On Top Of The World-Jack White
Portland Oregon-Loretta Lynn
Thunder On The Mountain-Wanda Jackson
Love Interruption-Jack White
Don’t Do It (Baby Don’t You Do It)-The Band
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down-The Band
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free-Levon Helm
Listening To Levon-Marc Cohn
God Only Knows-Bonnie Raitt

We are in the opening weeks of the busy spring semester on campus, and it has been a couple of months since Great River Radio has been on the air with music for you. Dan will remedy that today with a show this afternoon. Check in for morning music from Canada’s The Barr Brothers (I’m A Beggar in the Morning”) and twilight music from our friends Over The Rhine (“Favorite Time of Light.”) The late and great Etta James will be represented by “Misty Blue” from her final cd, released just weeks before her death. Wye Oak, an indie folk duo from Baltimore, is on the list with “Civilian”, the title tune from their 2011 cd. Ireland’s Lisa Hannigan has just released her second cd and we’ll play “Knots” (uke lovers will want to hear this.)

I’ll also have a number of tunes from the massive “Chimes of Freedom” collection of Dylan covers. CoF is a benefit project for Amnesty International, and the complete set is four discs – 70-some songs. Now, anytime there is a release of that size (in fact, on any tribute album) there are going to be hits and misses. I do think that Bob Dylan does his own songs just fine. At the same time, there are a few tracks in this collection that are worth hearing – I’ll be playing what I think are some notable inclusions by Diana Krall, Steve Earle, Queens of the Stone Age, Billy Bragg and Grammy champion Adele.

Finally, a track from the upcoming Springsteen cd, brand new music from Ingrid Michaelson and Craig Finn and more.

Tune in live around 4:15 this afternoon, or check the blog for the show after I get it loaded up around 6:30.

You’re not aloneI’m with you, I’m lonely tooWhat’s that songCan’t be sung by two? Jeff Tweedy

After our short Thanksgiving weekend break, Great River Radio will be back in the studio this afternoon. Whether you spent your last weekend in line during the wee hours of the morning waiting for your favorite retailer to open its doors, or were hiding from Black Friday in the woods, we think that today’s program will help get you ready for the crazy weeks ahead.

As many of you know, we almost always plan this show separately and then bring it together on Wednesday, often mixing the order on the fly in the studio. What we’ve noticed is how often our playlists work so well together, and sometimes, like today, are as coordinated as if we’d worked all weekend to plan it that way. Neither of us is sure how that happens. It is apparently just Great River Radio magic.

Today GRR will include a wonderful mix of artists, from Mavis Staples (doing the Jeff Tweedy song quoted above) proclaiming that you are not alone, an answer, perhaps, to “Lonely Boy”, music from the upcoming Black Keys album. In fact, there will be a wonderful set on the whole idea of loneliness and crowds. We’ll also have a new song from Ingrid MIchaelson’s January release which fits nicely with that theme – “Ghost.” If you are fond of Bon Iver (who some say released the best album of 2010) you’ll want to hear “Real Slow” from Megafaun, his former bandmates from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.

Dan’s treat this week: “John Lee Hooker for President”, a new track from the legendary Ry Cooder, which you have to hear to believe. All this and a Ryan Adams/Laura Marling duet, something from Belgian singer/songwriter Selah Sue, Lissie’s wonderful cover of the Nick Cave tune “The Ship Song” and more. It will be a wonderful show, I can just feel it in my bones.

Don’t let us be lonely! Please join us today from 4:15-5:45 p.m. for another episode of Great River Radio.

Do you ever get into one of those ruts where everything you own starts to break down? A broken fan belt on your car is suddenly followed by a broken dishwasher. A few days later you discover a hole in your roof and a broken juice glass tucked behind the couch. Finger nails split as winter nears and knees start to ache. Spirits break.

Broken things tend to collect like steel shards to a magnet. How do we disrupt – or break – that cycle of brokenness? Well, if you’re Great River Radio, you ward off the “broken vibe” with music – Delta Blues, sultry ballads, gospel and indie pop. There are hundreds of songs that try to heal the broken, and we’ve culled some of the best for our show today – tunes from Broken Bells, Girls, Jordan Zevon, Jeremy Messersmith and R.L. Burnside.

We’ll also have some excellent new music you’re not going to want to miss from Lloyd Cole, Rogue Valley, Drive-By Truckers, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Jens Lekman and Badly Drawn Boy. And how about a rare cut from The Rolling Stones’ newly remastered “Exile on Main Street” release? We’ll spend a little time talking about the recent Sufjan Stevens concert. How do you feel about his recent release, “The Age of Adz”? Seeing Sufjan live might change your perspective.

You might be asking yourself, “Guys, how can you fit so much music into 90 minutes?!” Well, we won’t deny that there’s a lot of music magic involved. The Great River Radio staff prides itself on delivering almost too much content to consume in one sitting. Are you ready to listen?

(NOTE: the audio quality of this show wasn’t up to our standards, so we’ll not be providing it this week. We’ll spare you the explanation, but promise that it will be better next week. Pity, because it was a good show! Check out the playlist below.)

Sunshine, sunshine, it’s fine
I feel it in my skin
Warming up my mind
Sometimes you gotta give in to win
I love the days when it shines
Whoa, let it shine
– Atmosphere

Welcome back, Great River Radio listeners!

It’s been an eventful summer (to put it kindly), and it’s hard to believe fall is sneaking up on us. Students have arrived on campus, signaling the start of new things – new faces, new music and the beginning of Great River Radio’s fifth season. Can you believe it?!

We have a few exciting changes to announce:
1) Great River Radio is moving to Wednesdays. (That’s TODAY!)
2) The show will now run 90 minutes. We’ll begin at 4:15 p.m. and end at 5:45 p.m. This is will give us a little more time to transition into and out of the studio
3) We’re going to try to keep a Facebook page updated with show info and reminders. You can “Like” us at the Great River Radio Facebook page.
4) We’re working on a podcast or download option for those of you requesting a more mobile Great River Radio show

Fortunately, most things won’t change. A special thanks to the dozens of listeners who participated in our survey last month. Your support and kind comments are greatly appreciated. You made it clear that you love the weekly “Confluence” segment, and we now have dozens of your theme suggestions to use for inspiration. We also share your desire to hear Minnesota music, so we’ll be making our usual rounds to local clubs and digging into the vast KUST MP3 library to find up-and-coming artists you can support in your own backyard (this is literally the case for Dan & Lisa!). We’ll also try to maintain our delicate – and apparently effective – balance of music and discussion.

Most important? Great River Radio starts today!

We couldn’t be more excited to kick off season five of Great River Radio. We’ve been pulling songs from our summer playlists – selections you may have missed, tunes we can’t resist, and songs that defined long summer drives or helped us endure long summer recoveries. You’ll hear tracks from Broken Bells, The National, Black Keys, Blue Rodeo, Ane Brun, and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. We’ll have great new music from Arcade Fire, Cee Lo and Sufjan Stevens. And there will be plenty of new, local music from the likes of Jeremy Messersmith, Cloud Cult, Peter Wolf Crier, Twilight Hours and Young Man.